Evaluating Historical and Future Compliance with the 1944 US–Mexico Water Treaty under Changing Climate and Use Conditions

Abstract

AbstractAbout half of the earth’s land surface is composed of international transboundary basins, half of which are managed by formal agreements. However, climate change, population growth, and other changing conditions are straining these agreements, ...Practical ApplicationsMany countries with shared water resources outline multinational agreements defining how those resources will be allocated. The US and Mexico, for example, allocate water from both the Colorado River and the Rio Grande (known as the ...